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In the 1820s and 1830s one issue that greatly raised the political stakes was...

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slavery

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The new two party political system that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s became an important part of the nation's

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checks and balances

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In the 1820s and 1830s the public's attitude regarding political parties accepted the

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sometimes wild contentiousness of political life

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The presidential election of 1824 was the first one to see the election of a

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minority president

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By the 1840s voter participation in the presidential election reached nearly

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80 percent

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Andrew Jackson received what in 1824?

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popular votes than any other candidate

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Henry Clay was ______ when the election of 1824 was thrown into the House of Representatives

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eliminated as a candidate

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John C. Calhoun was what on the ticket of two presidential candidates in 1824

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vice president

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The what decided the 1824 presidential election when no candidate received a majority of the vote in the Electoral College?

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House of Representatives

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John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by political opponents with having struck a _____ when he appointed Henry Clay to become secretary of state?

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corrupt bargain

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As president, John Quincy Adams was one of the _____ presidents in American history?

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least successful

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John Quincy Adams could be described as...

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possessing almost none of the arts of the politician

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John Quincy Adams' weaknesses as president included all of the following except his

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firing good office holders to appoint his own people

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Andrew Jackson's political philosophy was based on...

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his suspicion of the federal government

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Andrew Jackson's inauguration as president symbolized

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the newly won ascendancy of the masses

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The purpose behind the spoils system was to

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reward political supporters with public office

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The spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in

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the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs

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The people who proposed the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828 were...

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ardent supporters of Andrew Jackson

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The section of the U.S. most hurt by the Tariff of 1828 was...

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the South

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Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because this same power could be used to

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suppress slavery

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John C. Calhoun's "South Carolina Exposition" was an argument for

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states' rights

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The "nullification crisis" of 1832-1833 erupted over what?

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tariff policy

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The strong regional support for the Tariff of 1833 came from

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the South

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The Force Bill of 1833 provided that the President could

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use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties

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The person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy that began in 1828 was

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Henry Clay

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The nullification crisis of 1833 resulted in a clear-cut victory for neither...

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Andrew Jackson nor the nullifiers

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In response to S.C.'s nullification of the Tariff of 1828, Andrew Jackson did

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dispatched military forces to South Carolina

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The nullification crisis started by S.C. over the Tariff of 1828 ended when Congress passed what?

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the compromise Tariff of 1833

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Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern states because

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whites wanted the Indians' lands

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In their treatment of Native Americans, white Americans did all of the following except...

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argue that Indians could not be assimilated into the larger society

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In an effort to assimilate themselves into white society, the Cherokees did all of the following except...

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refuse to own slaves

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The policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian tribes was...

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forced removal

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Andrew Jackson and his supporters disliked the Bank of the U.S. for all of the following reasons except...

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it put public service first, not profits

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Andrew Jackson made all of the following charges against the Bank of the U.S. except...

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that it refused to lend money to politicians

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One of the positive aspects of the Bank of the U.S. was its

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promotion of economic expansion by making credit abundant

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While in existence, the second Bank of the U.S. was the

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depository of the funds of the national government

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Andrew Jackson's veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the U.S. was a

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major expansion of presidential power

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Andrew Jackson based his veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the U.S. on the fact that he

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found the bill harmful to the nation

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The Anti-Masonic party of 1832 appealed to

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American suspicions of secret societies

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Innovations in the election of 1832 included

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adoption of written party platforms

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One of the main reasons Andrew Jackson decided to weaken the Bank of the U.S. after the 1832 election was...

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his fear that Nicholas Biddle might try to manipulate the bank to force its recharter

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Supporters of the Whig party included all of the following except...

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opponents of public education

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The "cement" that held the Whig party together in its formative days was...

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hatred of Andrew Jackson

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The Whigs hoped to win the 1836 election by...

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forcing the election into the House of Representatives

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The Panic of 1837 was caused by all of the following except...

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taking the country off the gold standard

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The Whigs offered all of the following proposals for the remedies of the economic ills facing America in 1837 except...

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proposal of the "Divorce Bill"

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Americans moved into Texas after an agreement was concluded between

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Mexican authorities and Stephen Austin

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The government of Mexico and the Americans who settled in Mexican-controlled Texas clashed over all of the following issues except...

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allegiance to Spain

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Texans won their independence as a result of the victory over

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Mexican armies at the Battle of San Jacinto

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Texas gained its independence with help from

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Americans

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Spanish authorities allowed Moses Austin to settle in Texas because they believed

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that Austin and his settlers might be able to civilize the territory

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One reason for the Anglo-Texan rebellion against Mexican rule was

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that the Anglo-Texans wanted to break away from a government that had grown too authoritarian

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Presidents Jackson and Van Buren hesitated to extend recognition to and to annex the new Texas Republic because...

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antislavery groups in the U.S. opposed the expansion of slavery

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Most of the early American settlers in Texas came from where?

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the South and Southwest

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The "Tippecanoe" in the Whigs' 1840 campaign slogan was

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William Harrison

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William Henry Harrison, the Whig party's presidential candidate in 1840, was

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made to look like a poor western farmer

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Both the Democratic party and the Whig party were

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mass-based political parties

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The two political parties of the Jacksonian era tended to be

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socially and geographically diverse

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Life on the frontier was what for most pioneer families?

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downright grim

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